lie detector
Example Sentences
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Rhino poaching almost doubled in South Africa's Kruger National Park in 2025 compared to the previous year, despite interventions including dehorning and lie detector tests for rangers, the government said Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
There were heated confrontations, stunning accusations and even lie detector tests, but one of the season’s best moments came via a reconciliation effort.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
In the “Materialists” press tour, Johnson is more freely magnetic, sitting for another “Vanity Fair” lie detector test and answering cheeky, rapid-fire questions with her co-star, Pedro Pascal, for “Vogue.”
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2025
Is there a better spot for a guest actor on television than “Poker Face,” the Peacock mystery series starring Natasha Lyonne as a crime-solving human lie detector?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
I imagined the secret police of America would strap him to a lie detector and say, “Have you now, or ever before, played tag, freeze tag, blob tag, or oonch neech with Iranians?”
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
